Henderson, Thomas (1798-1844)

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke3687.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3687. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Born in Dundee, after a career as a lawyer's clerk, appointed as HM Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope, but soon left because of poor health. Henderson returned to Scotland as the first Scottish Astronomer Royal and, from observations made in South Africa, he was the first person to measure the distance of a star, namely Alpha Centauri, a member of the nearest star system to the Sun, at 4.5 ligh...

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